Parliament prorogued.

The King's most Excellent Majesty having, by His
Writ of Summons, bearing Date at Westminster the
Eighteenth Day of April last, appointed His Parliament
to open and begin this Day:

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had sent a Writ under the Great Seal, for
proroguing the Parliament."

Which was read, by the Clerk, as follows:

"GEORGE R.

"George the Second, by the Grace of God,
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To Our Dearly Beloved and Faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and Lords,
of Our Kingdom of Great Britain; and to Our Beloved and Faithful the Knights, Citizens, Burgesses,
and Commissioners for the Counties and Boroughs
of Our said Kingdom; called and chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and held at Our City of Westminster the Thirteenth Day of this Instant Month of
June, and to every One of you, Greeting. Whereas
We, for certain difficult and pressing Affairs, concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom
of Great Britain and the Church, did ordain the
said Parliament to be held at the Day and Place
aforesaid; and did command you, by Our several
Writs, to be present, at the City and Day aforesaid,
to treat, consent, and conclude, about those Things
which, in Our said Parliament, then and there should
be proposed and treated of: Nevertheless, for certain
Causes and Considerations Us at this Time specially
moving, We have thought fit to prorogue Our aforesaid Parliament unto Tuesday the Sixteenth Day of
July next ensuing; so that neither you, or any of
you, are held or obliged to appear on the said Thirteenth Day of June, at the aforesaid City: And We
also will, that you, and every One of you, shall be
wholly discharged to Us therefrom; commanding,
and, by the Tenor of these Presents, strictly requiring you, and every of you, and all others whom
this may concern, that you, and every of you, Personally appear and be present on the said Sixteenth
Day of July, at Our said City of Westminster, to treat,
do, act, and conclude, upon those Things which, in
Our said Parliament, by the common Council of Our
said Kingdom (by God's Assistance), shall happen to
be ordained.

"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twelfth
Day of June, in the Eighth Year of Our
Reign.

"A Writ to prorogue the Parliament from the
First Summons.

"Signed by the King Himself.

"Bisse & Bray."

Return of the Peers for Scotland delivered.

The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered
this Day a Certificate of the Names of the Sixteen
Peers, chosen, summoned, and certified, to sit and
vote in this House, for that Part of Great Britain called
Scotland; who, at the Table, attending with the Original Return, the same was compared with the said
Certificate, and found to agree therewith, and is as
follows; (videlicet,)

"May it please your Lordships,

"These are the Names of the Sixteen Peers, who,
according to the late Act in that Case made and
provided, are chosen, summoned, and certified, to
be Members of the House of Lords, for and on the
Behalf of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland,
in the Parliament of Great Britain which is to meet
the Thirteenth of June Instant: